The federal government rejected Georgia’s attempt to drug test food stamps applicants. Governor Nathan Deal signed House Bill 772, with the intention it would go into effect July 1. The bill would have required state officials to test those applicants they had a “reasonable suspicion” of using illegal drugs. Continue reading
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All of the media attention goes to female birth control because the Biblical stance on ladies is solid, but what about male erectile dysfunction (ED) medication like Cialis and Viagra? What are the Biblical implications of allowing those pills to be covered on company provided insurance or for Christian doctors who want to prescribe ED treatment in good faith?
This guide will help companies and doctors of good morals uphold Christian values. Continue reading
I got to thinking about the heavy crack days. New York’s, not mine. Crack was like a tidal wave crashing across the city. I lived uptown, in the 120s. You know how, when you walk in the country at a certain time of year, you hear the leaves crunching beneath every step? It was like that in my neighborhood. Not leaves, though, crack vials.
I would get the train at the valley of 125th Street most mornings, at the only elevated stop on the original Manhattan IRT lines, thanks to the island’s sudden dip in altitude between Morningside Heights and Hamilton Heights. I was usually the only person not jumping the turnstile. Continue reading
About the time I herniated a disk in my back, a new guy named Joe transferred into my unit from a grunt battalion. His leg was held together by about fifty brazillion pins, thanks to a drunken sergeant who hazed him and about three other guys late one night and kicked Joe over a railing. Don’t ever let anyone tell you that hazing in the military is dead; it’s alive and well, just a little more subtle these days. Continue reading
Pfizer recently announced that it’s recalling two kinds of oral contraceptives. Oh noes! Here’s what you need to know if you’re a lady who thinks you may be affected, or if you know a lady who may be affected which in turn affects you (if you get my meaning guys, amirite?): Continue reading
Yes, you heard right. Run to Mexico! Drive to Canada! Order them online from China even though they may be fake! Horde you prescription drugs while you still can! The drug apocalypse IS coming.
Well, maybe not but if America loves one thing more than hot dogs and beer it is our prescription medications. Sure maybe the reason we all love our meds is some sort of conspiracy to keep us all in check but some medicines are necessary. Oddly enough, the shortages aren’t happening in the unnecessary drugs but in drugs that regulate high blood pressure and treat cancer. Recently, The head of the Cancer Institute of New Jersey has attributed as many as 15 deaths to drug shortages. Continue reading
Not Important News correspondent Ben Dover reports. Continue reading
The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program released their annual report on Monday. The 2010 data shows a continuing downward trend in violent crimes while drug arrests remain high despite the Obama administration’s previously stated wish to change the nation’s drug enforcement policies.
Drug offenses made up the majority of arrests nationwide, with a total of about 1.6 million. A whopping 81.9% of those were for possession, rather than sale or manufacturing. Marijuana offenses led the pack with 45.8% of all drug arrests being for marijuana possession. Continue reading
A Nevada physician accused of over-prescribing pain killers has went on the attack against litigious patients and is suing the family of an overdose victim who was under his care. In a report for ProPublica, reporter Marshall Allen details a lawsuit filed by Dr. Kevin Buckwalter from Henderson, Nevada against the parents of one of his patients for filing an action against him after their daughter’s death. The lawsuit is unusual, and it represents a departure from the usual strategies that doctors take in the face of malpractice lawsuits. Continue reading
It has been confirmed by several sources that Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London flat today. Police were called to the address registered to her and discovered a deceased woman. The cause of death is still under investigation but a drug overdose is suspected. Continue reading